Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / Jacqueline HooverProsecutors on Friday said they will pursue life sentences without the possibility of parole for the Hixson couple facing first-degree murder charges in the death of their adult son.
John Dennis Hoover, 70, and Jacqueline Hoover, 38, appeared at Friday’s arraignment hearing via webcam.
They were indicted on one count of first-degree premeditated murder, one count of aggravated neglect of an elderly or vulnerable adult, and one count of first-degree intentional and premeditated murder each in connection with the death of John V. Hoover, 44, who is John D. Hoover’s son and Jacqueline Hoover’s stepson.
According to a statement they made to police, the younger Hoover “had the capacity of a 5-year-old.”